Holder and protector for pens or pencils



(NO Model.)

C. KBRTELL. EOLDEE AND EEOTEOTOE EOE EENS OE' PENOILS. NO. 499,552.v

Patented une 13, 1893.

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UNTED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KERTELL,OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER AND PROTECTOR FOR PENS OR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,552, dated June 13, 1893. Application filed March 3,1893. Serial No. 464,518. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES KERTELL, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders and Protectors for Pens and Pencils, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to holders and protectors for the various types of lead or marking pencils, and stylographic and fountain pens, its object being to provide a simple, inexpensive, efficient and durable device, adapted to be secured within a pocket of a coat or Vest and serve to safely hold the pen or pencil when not in use, protect the point of the same from injury, and avoid the usual annoyance of dropping the pen or pencil from above ones ear or from the pocket.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device applied to a pocket of a vest and with a pencil in place therein. Fig. 2 is a rear view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the vest and pocket with the device applied. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken on the line --x in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the device and a securing medium therefor, detached from the vest.

It is a common practice in the use of lead pencils, to place them, when temporarily unemployed, either over ones ear, from whence they are not infrequentlyy dislodged, causing their points to be blunted, or in the pocket of ones coat or vest, from which they quite as often drop and are injured, or their point is damaged by pressure of the person againsta desk or table, entailing in either instance a loss of time in repairing the injury done. It is the prime object of this invention to obviate these annoyances by providinga holder and protector for application to a garment,

which will not only retain an individual pencil or pen against displacement except when the necessity therefor arises, but will prevent injury to its point when so retained, and which may be readily attached to or removed from the garment when desired.

from a desk or table; and to still further asy sure a good grasp upon the pencil, the upper end of the holder has an annular rib 11a formed thereon, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.

By preference, the holder and. protector 10, is of a length somewhat less than the depth of the pocket 13 in the vest 14, whereby when in place in said pocket, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it is effectually concealed; and the diameter of the holder is such that it fits 'snugly within such pocket and presents no protuberance at the front face of the pocket, as will be apparent by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In applying the holder, it is' passed vertically into the pocket of the vest, as shown in the drawings, particularly in Fig. 3, with its ribbed upper end slightly below the mouth of the pocket and the lower end of the holder is located slightly above the bottom of the pocket. To further retain the holder within the pocket, various means may be employed. I have, however, adopted a pin 15 somewhat of the nature of the ordinary safety pin, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, as aifording a ready and efficient means of securely holding the device in place, while at the same time allowing of its removal whenever required. The pointed member of the pin is preferably bowed outward from its fastening member for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The pointed member of the pin 15is passed through the vest from the inside, into and. out of the side of the holder, thence through the vest again and secured to the body meinber of the pin, the main part of the bow of the pointed member extending Within the holder 10, as shown in Fig. 3. The pencil 16,

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The device, it will be seen, is: simple andv inexpensive, occupies but a triiie of space in the pocket, is readily applied or removed', and not only holds the pen or pencil from displacement other than that which is intentional on the part of the user, but completely protects the point of the pen or pencil from injury. It. is of especial use to hold marking pencils, the marking material of which is of a smeary nature, as it protectsl the pocket of the userv from being soi1ed.`

It Willbe understood that the holder will be constructed in such shape in cross section as the shape-of the pencil or pen to be refceived by it, may demand. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-v A holder and protector for individual pens and pencils, comprising an elongated tubular sheath constructed of elastic material, tapered and closed at its lower end and open at its upper end, and having at the latter an integral annular rib; and a device for attaching Vsaid sheath to a garment, consisting of a straight member and a bowed member, said members being connected at one end and adapted for detachable engagement at the :other end,.the straight memberlying entirely outside the sheath and within the garment,

and the bowed member extending for the greater portion-of its lengthV within the sheath, and acti-ng as a spring, wherebya pen or pencil inserted in the sheath is retained therein by the combined elasticity of the sheath and the spring action of the bowed member of the attaching device, substantially as described.

CHARLES' KERTELL.

Witnessesz' v F. W. HANAFORD, EDGAR TA'rE. 

